Future of Commercial Law

Orkun Akseli is Associate Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Durham, UK.John Linarelli is Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

• PART IFOUNDATIONS AND FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMERCIAL LAW REFORM1. UNCITRAL’s Role in Commercial Law Reform: History and Future Prospects Caroline Nicholas2. The Harmonisation of Laws in the United States of America Henry GabrielPART IINEW TECHNIQUES FOR CHOOSING AND EVALUATING COMMERCIAL LAW PROJECTS3. Do We Need Harmonisation for Everything? The Possibilities and Limits of Harmonising Financial Law Souichirou Kozuka4. Behavioural Comparative Law: Its Relevance to Global Commercial Law-making John Linarelli5. Towards a Unified Approach to Economic Assessment in International Commercial Law Reform Jenifer VarzalyPART IIITHE CHALLENGE OF THE DIGITAL ECONOMY6. Cyberspace Institutions, Community and Legitimate Authority Chris Reed7. Data-driven Mergers under EU Competition Law Anca D ChiritaPART IVTENSIONS FOR SALE OF GOODS LAW8. Circular Economy, Title and Harmonisation of Commercial Law Sean Thomas9. Service Contracts and the CISG Prof Dr Ingeborg Schwenzer, Julian Ranetunge and Fernando TafurPART VLAW FOR ACCESS TO FINANCE10. The Financing of Micro-businesses in the United Kingdom: The Current Position and the Way Forward Louise Gullifer11. Equity Crowdfunding to Facilitate Access to Finance for Small Business: The Regulatory Response and the Indirect Impact on Company Law Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras BallellPART VISECURED TRANSACTIONS: GLOBAL AND NATIONAL MOVEMENTS12. Global Secured Transactions Law-making and National Law Reforms: Quo Vadis Secured Transactions Law? N Orkun Akseli13. The Role of Innovation in Cross-Border Lending Richard M Kohn14. Reform of Moveable Transactions Law in Scotland Andrew StevenPART VIIPUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: AN AREA FOR FUTURE REFORM?15. Public–Private Partnerships and Harmonisation: The Public Private Partnership Act Richard Craven16. Regulation of Public–Private Partnership in China: The Search for Coherence, Consistency and Certainty Ping Wang

All students and scholars interested in commercial law and its reforms will be fascinated by this collection of essays … the chapters in this work are all vital reading for anyone operating in the field … All commercial law commentators and practitioners should have a copy of the volume to hand to be able to delve into the detail.